Book
Puerto Rican New Yorkers in 1990
Department of City Planning • New York • Published In 1994 • Pages:
By: New York (N.Y.) Department of City Planning.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a report on the Puerto Rican data of the New York City 1990 census. Puerto Ricans are the largest Hispanic community in New York City and one of the largest ethnic groups in the city. The population increased by only 4% between 1980 and 1990, due to natural increase. More Puerto Ricans left the city than entered during that ten-year period. Two-thirds of mainland Puerto Ricans now live outside the city. The authors comment on the circular migration between the mainland and island. They also note the dramatic increase in 'subfamilies,' i.e., children living in families where someone other than a parent is the head of household; and attribute it to declining socioeconomic fortunes. Educational attainment and language proficiency increased, especially for second generation Puerto Ricans. The authors worry that for newer immigrants, the loss of unskilled jobs, and low educational and language skills make them ill prepared to find work in a high-tech economy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- Internal migration
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Household
- Liberal arts education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Organized Document
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- The City of New York, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor ; Department of City Planning, Joseph B. Rose, Director
- 'September, 1994.'
- 'DCP 94-09.'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-136)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97163225
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--United States